Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS North Platte, NE

Issued

May 13, 1992, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)

Expired

May 13, 1992, 6:45 PM CDT

In force

60 min

Issued by

NWS North Platte, NE

Area

Whole counties

Counties Hayes County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

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NEC085-087-132345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
545 PM CDT WED MAY 13 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
 
   ...SOUTHERN HAYES COUNTY...NORTHERN HITCHCOCK COUNTY
 
AT 540 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF HAMLET...OR 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STORM WAS MOVING
EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. HAMLET AND PALISADE ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
WALAWENDER 2244Z

In the hours before

NEZ006-012-016-132225-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
325 PM MDT WED MAY 13 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

AT 320 PM MDT...RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MULLEN TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
IMPERIAL...OR FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST TO 80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH
PLATTE.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF PAXTON...OR
35 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE AND 10 MILES NORTH OF LAMAR...OR 55 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR.

THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH HOOKER...MCPHERSON...EASTERN
KEITH...WEST LINCOLN....PERKINS AND CHASE COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT
HOUR.  PEOPLE IN PAXTON...GRANT...SUTHERLAND AND TRYON CAN EXPECT SMALL
HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING TO
ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.

WALAWENDER

NEZ006-012-016-132320-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
517 PM CDT WED MAY 13 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

AT 515 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF MULLEN TO 5 MILES
SOUTH OF IMPERIAL...OR FROM 50 MILES NORTHWEST TO 70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
NORTH PLATTE.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR ELSIE...OR 35
MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE AND 5 MILES WEST OF SUTHERLAND...OR 25
MILES OF NORTH PLATTE.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN
HOUR.

THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH HOOKER...EASTERN MCPHERSON
...WESTERN LINCOLN....EASTERN PERKINS AND CHASE COUNTIES DURING THE
NEXT HOUR.  PEOPLE IN ELSIE...TRYON...SUTHERLAND...IMPERIAL AND WALLACE
CAN EXPECT SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING TO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.

WALAWENDER

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.